Room: G3A, Thoday Building, School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, Bangor University 

Email: rebecca.jones@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1248 388086

Module Organiser for: 

• DXX-3009 Professional Placement
• DXX-4102 Professional Placement
• DXX-9000 Professional Placement Year

Module Contributor for:

• ONS-1001 Environmental data & analysis 
• ENS-1102 Introducing Human Geographies
• DXX-1006 Fieldwork: Snowdonia
• DXX-2001 Sustainable Development
• DXX-2015 Geography Fieldwork and Research Skills
• DXX-3004 Sustainable Communities
• DXX-3600 & DXX-3601 Food Geographies
• DXX-3709 Using Geographic Data 
• BSX-3169 Animal Husbandry Placement
• DXX-4525 Strategic Environmental Management 

PhD Supervision:

• 2023 - Present Perpetua Ifiemor, Social, Economic and Environmental Values of Food Waste Redistribution: A Comparative Study in Nigeria and North Wales using the Lagos Food Bank and FareShare.

My research interests lie in the intersection of food experiences and place-making. I am intrigued by how local food traditions, gastronomy, and food-related activities shape both individual and collective identities within a region. My work explores how food acts as a medium for community building, influencing the sense of place and belonging.

2025

• PublishedFood and Rural Entrepreneurship
  Thomas Lane, E., Jones, R. & Bowen, R., 19 Feb 2025, Rural Entrepreneurship: Harvesting Ideas and Sowing New Seeds. Emerald, p. 115-127
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2024

• PublishedVR for fieldwork enhancement: EDI and beyond
  Jones, R. & Dallison, R., 10 Sept 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2023

• PublishedVR and Fieldwork: A Geography Perspective
  Jones, R. & Dallison, R., 21 Jun 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2022

• PublishedCoronavirus’ exposure of food, place and community resilience: a Welsh local authority perspective
  Jones, R., Lane, E. & Prosser, L., 23 Sept 2022, In: Journal of Place Management and Development. 15, 4, p. 476-492
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedCollaboration for innovative routes to market: COVID-19 and the food system
  Prosser, L., Lane, E. & Jones, R., 1 Mar 2021, In: Agricultural Systems. 188
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEncounters in Geography Field-Based Learning: Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Andrews, W., 2021, Experiential Learning in Geography: Experience, Evaluation and Encounters. Wessell, J. (ed.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 167-193
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedTourism, food events and Welsh authenticity
  Jones, R. & Thomas Lane, E., 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2019

• PublishedDiverse Paths Towards Good Food Places
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Devenish, P., 7 Aug 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedMarketing the Markets – supporting re-localisation of rural food economy through facilitation of local produce markets
  Jones, R., Lane, E. & Prosser, L., 29 Aug 2019.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2018

• PublishedCimwch a Chwrw lleol, Bara Brith, Chaws Pob a Seidr: initial reflections on localised innovation in developing sustainable food and drink tourism in Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Jones, A., 13 Jun 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedCraft Cider Production and Community – celebrating traditional rural heritage and building new social capital
  Prosser, L., Lane, E. & Jones, R., 29 Aug 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedDelivering authentic Welsh produce to a global market
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 29 Aug 2018.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2017

• PublishedExploring the potential of rural pesca-tourism in Wales
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 22 Aug 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedFoods from catchment to coast – responsible development of rural foodscapes
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Ricketts Hein, J., 4 May 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe ‘three Rs’ of regeneration through place based food systems in Wales
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 7 Dec 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedUpland entrepreneurs in post-European Wales
  Lane, E., Ricketts Hein, J. & Jones, R., 14 Jun 2017.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2016

• PublishedA Tale of Two Fishes: Exploring the Delivery of Wales’ Rural Food Tourism Strategy
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Jones, A., 15 Jun 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedExploring the potential of local food and drink entrepreneurship in rural Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R., Jones, A. & Mitchelmore, S., Aug 2016, In: Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 31, 5, p. 602-618
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published‘<3 Your Local Market ‘: local produce markets as hubs of place based food expertise and community capacity
  Jones, R. & Lane, E., 22 Aug 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2015

• PublishedExploring the potential of local food and drink entrepreneurship in rural Wales
  Lane, E., Jones, R. & Jones, A., 7 Jun 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2024

• International Enterprise Educators Conference 2024

  4 Sep 2024 – 6 Sep 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)
• The Welsh Collective Conference 2024: Digital learning and teaching enhancement share and learn event - immersive learning

  4 Jun 2024 – 5 Jun 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

2019

• Wales Real Food and Farming Conference

  The Wales Real Food and Farming Conference, taking its lead from the Oxford Real Farming Conference, explores diverse issues across sustainable food and farming, bringing together farmers, food producers, environmentalists and people involved in public health, food education, sovereignty and justice. It aims to open conversations between those interested and involved in the future of food in the country, mapping out what a sustainable 21st century food system for Wales might look like and how we might begin to build it.

  11 Nov 2019 – 12 Nov 2019

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

Additional Roles:

• School Welcome Week Coordinator
• School Peer Guide Coordinator
• School Employability Lead
• School Placements and Work-based Learning Lead

• 2023 - Present CELT Digital Pedagogy Lead
• 2023 - Present Moderator for BA Hospitality Management & BA Culinary Arts at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai. 

Qualifications and Awards: 

• 2024 Senior Fellowship of AdvanceHE
• 2023 PhD Geography - Food Experiences and Place-Making: An Exploration of the North Wales Foodscape
• 2021 Bangor University Teaching Fellowship
• 2014 MBA Environmental Manangement 
• 2012 BSc Geography

Student-led Teaching Awards

• Postgraduate Teacher of the Year (won: 2015, 2018; nominated: 2016, 2017, 2019).
• Unsung Hero (won: 2018; nominated: 2024, 2025).
• Support Staff of the Year (won: 2022).
• Teacher of the Year (nominated: 2025).